Thuderdome Sweet Thunderdome

Combining my love of cult movies, specifically the 1985 Mad Max classic Beyond Thunderdome, and my growing desire to work in embroidery, I created this nod to the classic “Home Sweet Home” stitching of yore. I had the idea for some time and was excited to set it into motion, stitch by sweet stitch.

This was my first foray into embroidery, little did I know how long the process actually takes. This project was an education in the lost art of just slowing down and making something by hand.

I created a subtle gradation in the threads by combining two colors at once and slowly transferring them out. I wanted the practice of the stitching to represent a timeless art but the lettering and colors to be modern.

And of course after all that work, I had to hang it in my entry. The phrase has become a motto in my busy household.

Between work and family, life can truly feel like a Thunderdome at times, in the best possible way.